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ouananiche and trout are found in the Little Peribonca. 

 The trout run up to a pound and a half in weight. 

 The ouananiche in its lower waters are not, generally 

 speaking, either so plentiful or so large as those to be 

 found higher up the stream. Fifteen miles from its 

 union with the Peribonca the river Aleck receives on 

 its left side the waters of the Riviere des Aigles, a 

 stream some forty feet wide, in which may be found 

 trout up to two pounds in weight. By ascending the 

 river to Lac des Aigles, trout of three to four pounds 

 may be had. 



Then, again, these trips may be varied so that the 

 return will be by way of the river Aleck instead of 

 the departure. 



The Little Peribonca opens up the way to a number 

 of interesting round trips for canoes and campers, and 

 to very choice fishing-grounds for both ouananiche and 

 trout. It is a quarter of a mile wide at its mouth, 

 where it joins the Grand Peribonca some two miles 

 from Lake St. John, and for its lower thirty-four or 

 thirty-five miles it is never less than two hundred feet 

 in width. There are ten portages to be made in that 

 distance, but all are short with one exception, which is 

 about a mile and a quarter in length. None of the 

 others are more than a quarter of a mile, and most 

 of them are only a few hundred feet each. The port- 

 ages are rendered necessary by the existence of falls in 

 the river, most of which are exceedingly picturesque. 

 This is particularly true of the chute blanche, eleven 

 miles up the stream. It is a handsome cataract, fifty 

 feet high and shaped like a horseshoe. In the pools at 

 the foot of these falls the ouananiche are generally in 



